"Dr. Christian Seberino" <seberino@???> probably said:
> Thanks for the kind reply. What did you mean when you said you
> could make exim daemon only listen to localhost?
You can make exim listen only on 127.0.0.1, and not listen on
any interfaces that are accessable from the net.
From TFSpec;
] local_interfaces Type: string list Default: unset
]
] The string must contain a list of IP addresses, in dotted-quad format for
] IPv4 addresses, or in colon-separated format (with colons doubled) for
] IPv6 addresses. These are used for two different purposes:
]
] . When a daemon is started to listen for incoming SMTP calls, it
] listens only on the interfaces identified here, that is, it calls
] "bind()" for these interfaces only. An error occurs if it is unable
] to bind a listening socket to any interface.
]
] . Only the IP addresses listed here are taken as the local host's
] addresses when routing mail and checking for mail loops.
]
] If "local_interfaces" is unset, the daemon issues a generic "listen()"
] that accepts incoming calls from any interface, and it also gets a
] complete list of available interfaces and treats them all as local when
] routing mail. On most systems the default action is what is wanted.
] However, some systems set up large numbers of virtual interfaces in order
] to provide many different virtual web servers. In these cases
] "local_interfaces" can be used to restrict SMTP traffic to one or two
] interfaces only. See also "hosts_treat_as_local".
> From what you said sounds like for personal use bypassing a running
> daemon has no negatives. I'm glad to hear that.
That is my experience.
P.
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